The trick to avoiding all this mess, Suponcic writes, is stricter guidelines when it comes to business credit cards.

“I am a staunch advocate of requiring employees to use their personal credit cards and adequately substantiate the expenditure (i.e., provide receipts and clearly state the business purpose) to the company that would, in turn, reimburse the employee,” Suponcic writes. “This approach enables the company to avoid reimbursing the employee for unauthorized or unsubstantiated expenditures.”

Read the rest of the story online now to learn the four strategies Suponcic lays out to avoid business credit card abuse.

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